One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.
Marilyn FrenchAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 21, 1929
- Died: May 2, 2009
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